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From: todd@scirtp.UUCP (Todd Jones)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: 2-year-old afraid of rain.
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 14:24:50 EDT
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> Our neighbor's two-year-old boy has recently become very afraid of rain,
> to thepoint that he screams every time it rains even lightly.
> The presumed cause (according to his mother)
> is several recent violent thunderstorms, but the fear
> extends to non-violent storms, as well.
> 
> None of my three kids has ever had such a problem, so we
> couldn't offer any counsel.
> 
> Now I turn to a wider audience.  Any ideas or suggestions?
> 
> Thanks.
> 	John T. Burgess, Jr.

Is the child hydrophobic? Is it a general fear of water?
Is the child afraid of snow and other forms of precipitation?